'''Protection of the Theotokos Monastery''' is a [[monastic]] community for men under the [[omophorion]] of the Primate of the [[Orthodox Church in America]], presently [[Metropolitan]] [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]] of Washington and New York. It is located in the rural mountains of Weaverville in western North Carolina.

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'''Protection of the Theotokos Monastery''' is a [[monastic]] community for men under the [[omophorion]] of the Primate of the [[Orthodox Church in America]], presently [[Metropolitan]] [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah]] of Washington and New York. It is located in the rural mountains of Weaverville in western North Carolina.

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The community was founded in 1982 in Miami, Florida, and was received into the Orthodox Church in America in October 2003. Currently, the community has two [[hieromonk]]s (including the [[abbot]]), one [[hierodeacon]], two [[monk]]s and one [[novice]] in residence.

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The community was founded in 1982 in Miami, Florida, and was received into the Orthodox Church in America in October 2003.

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Currently, the community has two [[hieromonk]]s (including the [[abbot]]), one [[hierodeacon]], two [[monk]]s and one [[novice]] in residence.

The community consists of men living the monastic tradition of a [[Christ]]-centered [[prayer]] life.

The community consists of men living the monastic tradition of a [[Christ]]-centered [[prayer]] life.

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In February 2012, the [[Orthodox Church in America]] announced the transfer of brotherhood of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos Monastery, Weaverville, N. C. from the omophorion of Metropolitan Jonah and the Orthodox Church in America to the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church]] under omophorion Metropolitan [[Vladimir (Sabodan) of Kiev|Vladimir]], effective [[October 25]], 2011.

In Feburary 2012 Holy Synod of the UOC-MP blessed the opening in the Vorocheva village in the Transcarpathian region of the Holy Protection Monastery, appointing as its head Archimandrite Gregory [Wendt]<ref>http://albionfourthrome.blogspot.ru/2012/03/weaverville-monastery-transferred-from.html</ref>.

In Feburary 2012 Holy Synod of the UOC-MP blessed the opening in the Vorocheva village in the Transcarpathian region of the Holy Protection Monastery, appointing as its head Archimandrite Gregory [Wendt][1].